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Customer reply replied 18 days ago

Hello, I am 26 years olda femaleThis morning, I was playing with my cat and she accidentally dug her nail into my skin. She dug her nail into the skin on the left side of my upper chest, so you can only imagine it being a bit more painful there then if she would’ve scratched me on my arm where there is more layer of skin.It was just a quick prick so it wasn’t extremely painful, but I still felt it and it was a little painful. She left a red dot like wound on my skin

In case of bites from healthy cats and dogs, post exposure prophylaxis is not needed as long as the pet is under observation. PEP would be started at the first sign of any unusual behaviour of the pet.

In your case, it is not even a bite but a scratch. Rabies vaccine is not needed for this but you must keep the cat under observation.

As regards ***** ***** it is a minor one. Just keep the area clean. Apply Neosporin ointment available OTC twice daily.

This will be sufficient to heal the lesion.

Do discuss this with your doctor also.

Dont worry, this can be treated easily - show a doctor if necessary- be safe.

Take care - wish you good health and a quick recovery.

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Customer reply replied 18 days ago

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Customer reply replied 18 days ago

The little red dot is where her nail dug into my skin and on the left hand side, you can see the red little rash formingI did have a bandaid on this earlier and then ripped it off so it might be from that, but it’s been hours since so I feel like the red would’ve subsided by now, right?I’m just afraid a blood clot might be forming, do you think so?

Thanks for your patience.This is not a blood clot.The rash could have been due to band aid.It might have caused an allergic reaction which can take couple of days to come to normal.I again repeat that is not a blood clot and not something to be worried about.You can apply ice to the area to decrease the inflammation.If you have any steroid cream h***** *****ke clobetasol or hydrocortisone cream you can apply that as well.That should improve the rash.Feel free to ask any follow up question.Do take a moment to honour my work and time by rating my answer hopefully five stars.

Please stop worrying about the blood clot.There is no blood clot here and this is not how blood clot occur.Moreover the blood clot we are worried about is clots formed in deep veins of the extremities.Scratch by your cat in no way cause a blood clot in the deep veins of of your extremities.The veins do look little prominent but in at any area of injury or inflammation the veins can become prominent. That is normal and expected.

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Customer reply replied 18 days ago

Okay so there’s no way that the vein could have been reached by her digging her nail into my skin?I’ve been using A&D ointment since I don’t Neospirin. Is that okay?

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